Indoor toilet



A. E. DOWELL.

INDOOR TOILET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1'920.

Patented Dec. 28, 11920.

narnia-r or LVA E. DOWELI, F MACOIVIB, ILLINOIS.

INDOOR TOILET.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1.112%.

Application filed February 9, 1920. Serial No. 357,476.

To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, rinvii E. DownLL, a citizen ot' the United States, aresident ot Macomb, in the county of McDonough and State of Illinois,have invented new and useiul Improvements in Indoor Toilets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention has reference to indoor toilets, and it has toi' itsprincipal object, to

improve devices of this character to the extent that all repugnant andnoxious odors and gases are carried away by a new arrangement of ventsconnected to a suitable flue. y

I am aware that various Ventilating appliances have been applied toindoor toilets oi the character herein referred to, and that inconnection therewith, chemical mixtures are employed to throw down thenoxious odors and gases, supplemented by the use ot.' the Ventilating'means, but I have found that odorous gases accummulate, not only in thecabinet beneath the seat, but more especially around the seat opening,beneath the cover or top and out of the natural path oi travel ot thegases to the usual Vent, as they rise in the cabinet. And it is in thearrangement of an improved Vent in which my invention resides that I amto improve devices of this character by carrying ofi' all odors and`gases not suppressed by the chemical mixture. INith my improved vent, Ialso obviate any chance of noxious gases escaping into the dwelling andendangering the lives of the occupants, when the cover or top is closed.

Figure 1 is a Vertical sectional elevation of an'indoor toilet embodyingmy invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan View, partly in section, as the same would appear, iftaken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Like characters ot' reference denote corresponding parts throughout thefigures.

The cabinet, which may be of the usual construction, is designated l,provided with the Ventilating chamber 2, to which is connected theVertical Vent pipe 3, which may lead out through the roof of a dwellingorbe connected to a house flue having communica- 'tion with the outsideof the dwelling. The usual container tis shown within the cabinet havingthe bail-handle 5 for removing and placing the container in the cabinet.

The top of the cabinet is covered by a seat which includes a part 6hinged at 7 to a part S. The part 6 is arranged to be raised and loweredto permitan attendant to remove the container 4. The part 6 is aiseprovided with the usual seat opening 9.

Adapted to cover the seat opening 9 is a cover or top 10, which ispivotally connected to the device to permit it to be swung away from andtoward the scat so as to uncover and cover the seat opening 9, as ot'course will be understood. In the particular arrangement of the cover ortop 10 shown, itis not intended to raise oi' lower it, as could be thecase, but to swing it away :trom and toward the seat, in a horizontalplane. To accomplish this, I connect the cover or top 10 with an arm orbracket 11 having a swingable connection, preferably with the Vent pipeleading from the cabinet.

oming now to my improved Ventilating means, which acts Vsupplementary tothe customary Ventilating means en devices ot this character, 12designates ay vent pipe connected at one end to the cover or top 1Q andcommunicating with the interior ot the cabinet 1, when the cover or top10 is over the seat opening 9, through an opening 13 in said cover ortop 10. The other end oi the vent pipe 12 has a swingable connectionwith the vent pipe 3 leading from the cabinet, and communicates with theinterior of said last mentioned pipe through an opening, 14 therein, seeFig. l. It will be observed that when the cover or top 10 and vent 12are swung out and away from the seat of the cabinet, that the opening 14in the vent pipe 3 is closed and escaping gases may not be deected backthrough the vent pipe 12 and into the dwelling, but that when the partshave been swung into the position shown in Fig. l, the Ventilatingchamber 2 and Vent pipe 3 supplemented by the Vent pipe 12 will carryaway all'repugnant and noxious odors and gases from and within thecabinet and all of its crevices and pockets keep the same in a clean andsanitary condition.

What I claim is:

1. In an indoor toilet, in combination with the cabinet-and Vent pineleading there from, a movable cover for the seat opening, and a Ventconnected to the cover and -vent pipe adapted to have communication withsaid vent pipe having an exit opening above the cabinet, a movable coverfor the seat opening having an exit opening therein, and a ventproviding communication from the opening in the cover to the opening insaid pipe.

3. n an indoor toilet, in combination with the cabinet and vent pipeleading therefrom, said vent pipe having an exit opening above thecabinet, a cover for the seat opening having an exit opening therein,

means for swingably connecting said cover with the vent pipe leadingfrom the cabinet,

and a communicating vent between said exit openings in the cover andsaid pipe, so arranged that when the cover is swung to uncover the seatopening, to close the exit opening in said pipe.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand this 19thday ofJanuary,

ALVA E. DOWELL..

